Show J f Derf J J y Airplanes Crash 2 Dead t I r w o Passenger Dies is' is rn in I F Fall aU Aviator on W Way ay to t Hospital Ship Runs Runs Out of Gas and Smashes at Chicago i Occupants Unhurt MOTHER IN FLIGHT St. St Pa Paul l Man Still Ahead in Class B Contest ContestI I CHICAGO Sept 20 Plane AP-Plane No 16 in the national class A air ail derby Crashed here today when it ran out of gasoline bucking strong head w winds The pilot Louis F. F Royal of Flint Mich and Joseph a passenger escaped in- in jury The plane struck an ice wagon as it I in a vacant lot The plane was so badly damaged In the fall that the pilot immediately immediate immediate- ly announced that he was as out of the race LT FIELD N. N Y Sept 20 AP Swift toda today overtook overtook over over- took the first of fifteen planes that set out rom here for Cleveland on the leg of a mile 2275 race to Felts ie at Spokane Wash inthe iu in the aI i by being held in connection tion with the national all aIr races at eR e R E. E n d of Mich the pilot to start in hi the therace therace race which began lt at 6 a. a m. m eastern east east- em ern standard time was waa brought down in a fatal crash near Morris Morris- town N. N J. J less than two hour lOoter later Jay also alro of Marysville his passenger was killed and Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son died on the way to a a. hospital Who was ludson's Hudsons mechanIc me- me had spent the night sleepIng sleeping sleep sleep- ing In the plane and tuning up for fora a start promptly at 6 The tragic elimination of Hudsons Hudson's Hud Hud- sons son's plane from the race left but thirteen of the fifteen starters roaring westward towards Cleve- Cleve and EmU Emil Burgin of Mineola la N. N Y was forced to fly back from New York to Curtiss field ad oln ing Roosevelt fiedl because of trouble with the oil 01 pump Durgin said f two hours would be required to remedy the pump but that he was hopeful of the race later TAKEOFFS PERFECT The fifteen planes made perfect takeoffs which officIals of the starting committee bailed as good augury for and a e ox- ox citing race The of Hudsons Hudson's plane was tile the first known serIous ac ident marring the air derby which be began began gan yesterday esterday with the departure of twentY fIve light commercial planes on a two day race to Spokane kane Budson's plane was oe of three 1 which was subject to protest rival rJ pilots because It was claimed they had racin racing wings Ills His plane plan and the other two contested contest ones Continued or page 10 Passenger Dies in F Fall ll Aviator on on Way to Hospital Continued from page ase L 1 were of the same type rho rhe other two were pIloted by l' l E. E B. B Mamer of Spokane Wash Vasli and L. L r 1 Royal of Flint MUch Mich The winners In the rac race that started this morning morning- will be awarded the following First second third 2000 fourth 1000 fifth MOTHER IN RACE One the mother or of two children set out on the Ion long ross cross country grind She was vas Mrs 1 Glad Gladys s 's ODonnell O'Donnell lI of Whittier Ca Cal who flew as a passenger in a plane piloted by her husband J. J L. L ODonnell LONG LOr-a VALLEY N. N J. J Sept 20 AP Richard E. E Hudson Hudlon or of Marysville Mich 1 piloting piloting- u. u plane In the national dir derby and his passenger were killed today when the plane crashed In th the woods two n les west ot of here Hudon died on his way to a Morristown hos The passenger was vas dead yh wh n na a physician reached the ma- ma chine r The second man killed I in the crash cash was J. J 1 P. P of St. St ClaIr Mich lIe He was vas dead when rescuers arrived Witnesses of the crash said that the aviator was apparently trying to gaIn altitude to pass over Schooleys Schooley's mountain when the plane turned over H Hudson righted the machine once but It faltered and dropped turning over over several times c WAS FIRST STARTER The plane d in the class A Arace Arace race was the first to leave Hoose- Hoose velt field Long Island thIs morn morn- lag ing 1 starting their days day's work saw the machine fall Into the woods about 70 a m. m m. m Long Valley is Is' Is twenty t miles northwest o of 1 and In a somewhat sP sparsely sely farming communIty Farm Farmers Farmers' rs- rs estimated th that t. t the plane pIme was about feet In the air ail Stewart Ne was was when th the plane p passed over his farm The engine stopped lie he said then started and stopped a second time and the plane w went nt into a nose dive disappearing behind behind be- be hind the trees Joseph larley Farley and farmers went looking for the plane about a half haIr hour after It had disappeared y round found the nose burled a loot foot or two In Inthe inthe the ground was dead but Hudson still breathed We Ve had had to hack away part of the plane to get Hudson out put they said and then we had to carry him a quarter quartel or of a mile mUe to the road where we put him In an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and rushed to a hospital In Morristown Hudson was dead when they reached the hospital MUNICIPAL AIR FIELD Chi Chi- cago SePt 20 As AP-As a cold drizzling rain which had soaked the municipal all air field here stopped stopp d df f falling and the first rays of the early morning sun drifted over the thea a assembled lineup of twelve planes thc New York to Spokane air derby was renewed at 5 39 4 3 a. a m m. central en ral standard time today when hen Leslie Miller ot of Des Moines Ia leader of the race to date hopped off lit In his Eagle Rock plane for St. St Pa Pail l and the first st stop p of toda today's s 's srun run ST. ST PAUL MAN AHEAD Barely three quartets or of ora a inin ut after Miller C. C W. W V. V Meyers leyers of Detroit piloting a Into the after the leader and at exactly two mInute thereafter each of the remaining ten planes hopped off orf on the second sec sec- ond day or of the flight The weather veather which had threatened threatened threat threat- ened to be as bad as that which confronted the fliers when they left Roosevelt field yesterday morning cleared and th tha day promised good flying weather veather All of the planes took off without without with with- out mishap although the of the of-the the flying fields had been soaked by the rain ST. ST PAUL Minn 1 Sept 20 AP Fighting head wInds all the way from Chicago PIlot Leslie Miller of Des Moines flying the SpIrit of Sr Se Paul continued to lead the class B aIr eiby fro from New NewYork to Spokane when he rea reached hed the St. St Paul today at FARGO FAnGO N. N D Sept 20 AP- AP Pilot C. C W. W Meyers of Detroit flyIng fly fly- Inri Ing Waco Vaco 10 had taken the lead leadIn In unofficial tabulations in the class B all air derby from New to pane kane when he was first to land at atthe atthe the Fargo municipal airport today lIe Ie landed at 1 1 p p. p m. m |